Docker
Docker is an open source project for automating the deployment of applications as portable, self-sufficient containers that can run on the cloud or on-premise. Docker is also a company that promotes and evolves this technology. Docker works in collaboration with cloud, Linux, and Windows vendors, including Microsoft. Docker image containers run natively on Linux and Windows. Windows images run only on Windows hosts and Linux images run only on Linux hosts. The host is a server or a VM. Docker containers package an application with everything it needs to run: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries—anything we would install on a server for the application to run. A container is an isolated place where an application can run without ...